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Plant Profile  

Common Name: Rescuegrass

Other Names: Rescue Brome

Species Name: Bromus catharticus

Plant Type: Grasses & Grass-like

Family Name: Poaceae

Tribe: Bromeae, Bromegrass Tribe

 

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin  South America
Duration Annual or short-lived perrenial
Season Cool
Distribution in the U.S. Throughout most of the continental US; primarily in the southern half
Distribution in Oklahoma Throughout the state

 

 

ID Characteristics

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Soil Type Various; sand, loam, clay
Habitat Pastures, golf courses, prairies, open fields, roadsides, waste areas, lawns, disturbed areas, right-of-ways, recreational fields and lawns
Successional Stage Early, but invades all

 

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